[Samba] Samba 3.0 alpha21 released

Sylvestre Taburet staburet at mandrakesoft.com
Wed Nov 27 15:57:00 GMT 2002


Le Mercredi 27 Novembre 2002 16:45, Gerald (Jerry) Carter a écrit :
> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 daniel.jarboe at custserv.com wrote:
> > And what about side-by-side installations?  Having both versions
> > installed... so I can run 3.x for a bit, stop it, and turn 2.x smbd back
> > on if needed?  I heard this was the case in tarball installation, but is
> > this supported by the RPM?
>
> The 3.0alphaX RPMs will overwrite a 2.2.x RPM.  Downgrading is not
> supported as some TDB's will be upgraded to a newer format
> that would be unrecognized by 2.2.x.
>

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Mandrake Linux contrib samba-3.0alpha20 RPM 
was designed specifically to allow testers to keep their existing 2.2.X 
version and try 3.0alpha20 (everything installed in /opt, /etc/samba3, 
/var/lib/samba3...)
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